Egypt
MB international wing urges improved relations with regime
January 18, 2010
MB international wing urges improved relations with regime
Leaders of the international wing of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) opposition movement urged the group's new general guide Mohamed Badie--only…
Torrential rains claim 17 lives countrywide
January 18, 2010
Torrential rains claim 17 lives countrywide
Heavy rains in several provinces Monday led to the death of 17 people, destroying public property and a number of…
4 years of EU-Egypt vocational training
January 18, 2010
4 years of EU-Egypt vocational training
Representatives of the Egyptian government, the European Union, and the chamber of commerce, met on Sunday to commemorate four years…
Hot off the press: Sectarianism and real estate taxes
January 18, 2010
Hot off the press: Sectarianism and real estate taxes
The three government-run newspapers focused today on President Mubarak's recent trip to Kafr el-Sheikh. While the headlines mention real estate…
Jubilee of an eternal and high dam
January 18, 2010
Jubilee of an eternal and high dam
Aswan-- On 15 January 1971, Egypt celebrated the completion of the High Dam, whose funding was the center of a…
Kafr el-Sheikh teachers demand governor’s dismissal
January 17, 2010
Kafr el-Sheikh teachers demand governor’s dismissal
Representatives of some 4000 teachers working on temporary contracts, seconded by the Education Ministry to the delta province of Kafr…
100 Fayoum students contract food poisoning
January 17, 2010
100 Fayoum students contract food poisoning
Roughly one hundred female students at Fayoum University Saturday came down with food poisoning after having dinner in the university…
Phone workers protest salary shortfalls
January 17, 2010
Phone workers protest salary shortfalls
Employees of the Maasara phone company south of Cairo staged a demonstration Sunday in which they blocked traffic on the…